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By Jean Valin APR FCPRS Global Alliance Chair 2004-05
A global Body of Knowledge (GBOK) framework is within reach for the first time in our profession. Thanks to the work of a dedicated team of researchers and the financial contribution of GA members, progress is being made to present...

Organizations struggle with employee engagement especially as it relates to comprehending corporate strategy. Organizational clarity helps employees understand how the vision, purpose and mission relate to their success. Gary Grates, Principal at W2O Group and Member of IPR's Commission on...

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has recently published #PR2015, a new 28-page downloadable guide looking forward the trends and issues affecting the business of public relations in the next 12 months, from the perspective of 23 of the Chartered Institute of Public...

Research, business testimony, regulatory support and investor insights all indicate that Integrated Reporting is becoming inevitable, as the benefits it offers are welcomed across the world.
As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the International <IR> Framework this month,...

Anne Gregory, Global Alliance Chair
Last week it was my privilege, with Chair Elect Gregor Halff, to visit and work with Founding Global Alliance members the Public Relations Society of Kenya. It was a sobering yet immensely uplifting time. Sobering because while I was...

Would you like to bring the world to your door? Bids are now open for the 2018 World Public Relations Forum and GA member associations interested in hosting the 2018 World Public Relations Forum are invited to submit their proposals at the GA annual meeting in Milan, Italy, on June 26-30,...

Each year, companies, organizations and authorities spend almost 40 billion Swedish kronor on communication. They assume that communication is decisive for effectiveness, for establishing and retaining the confidence of interested parties and for the development and image of organizations. But...

Dircom’s recent Madrid Assembly saw Montserrat Tarrés, Communication Director at Novartis, appointed as President of the association for the next four years. She presented the members of the new Board acknowledging their commitment and important contribution, each in their specific...

Students across the country gathered for the 31st edition of the National Meeting of Students and Young Public Relations Professionals, in the Blue Hall of the Argentine National Senate. The congress addressed the importance of dialogue in the development of the relational capital, the role...

Aaron Dignan, founding partner of the digital strategy firm Undercurrent based in New York, was recently announced as the first keynote speaker of the 2015 IABC World Conference, where he will speak on the main theme “Changing the landscape: informing the future”.
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